Match-box.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906. G.-HIBRING & A. FULLER.

MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.15, 1905.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN HIERING AND' ALBERT FULLER, OF NEl/VARK, NEWV JERSEY,

ASSIGNORS TO J. E. MERGOTT COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

' MATCH-BOX.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed November 15. 1905. Serial No. 287,418.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN HIERING and ALBERT FULLER, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Match-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of our invention is to provide improved means for attaching and securing the ornamental face-plates to match-boxes and similar devices by means of a metallic jacket or covering whereby the interior of the box is left free and clear from all projections and whereby the locking devices which secure the end strips and face-plates together are disconnected from the box-body.

Another object of our invention is to provide the box with a novel cigar-tip cutter and receptacle.

Other objects will appear from the following description.

Figure 1 in the drawings is a side view of the box, showing the face-plates and end strips in position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the face-plates and end strips removed. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the details of the cigar-tip cutter in section. Fig. 4 is an edge view showing the cigar-tip cutter in cross-section. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the face-plates before application to the boxes. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the end strips before'bending. Fig. 7 is a view of the side plates and the end strips, showing the manner of coupling the same together. Fig. 8 is a cross-section through the line X X to Fig. 1, showing the method of applying the end strips and face-plates to the box-body. Fig. 9 is a crosssection of one of the end strips bent up. Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate, respectively, a plan view and a cross-section of a modification of our invention.

In the drawings, like reference-numerals refer to similar parts throughout.

In carrying out our invention we make use of a box-body of usual construction provided with the ribs or beads 2 and having the apertures 3, near the edge thereof. The cover 4for the match-receptacle is hinged to the body at 5. The face-plate 6 is clearly illustrated in I Fig. 5 and is provided with the projecting nibs 8, as shown. The end strip 7 is illustrated in Fig. 6 as provided with the apertures 9, corresponding in number to the projections on the faceplate 6. These end strips are bent up to conform to the edges of the box, as illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. It should be noted that the projections 8 register with the apertures 3 when said faceplate is applied to the box-body. This is also true of the apertures 9 of the end strip.

In applying the face-plates and end strips to the box-body, the projections 8 are first inserted into the apertures 9 and bent over, as illustrated in Fig. 7 also in Fig. 8, upon three sets of the adjacent edges, thereby forming a metallic jacket or covering for the box-body. The jacket thus formed is then applied to the box-body between the ribs 2 thereon, and the fourth connection is then made by inserting the nibs or projections 8 in the remaining set of apertures 9, and the ends bent over, as illustrated by inserting some tool or instrument into the interior of the box, and pressing the projecting ends of these nibs over. By forming the nibs 8 and the apertures 9 so that they register with the apertures 3 of the boxbody it will be noted that when the face plates and end strips are in position the projecting bent-over ends of the nibs 8 will register with and drop into the apertures 3, as illustrated in Fig. 8, and leave the interior of the box free and clear of any projection. In this manner all danger of igniting matches which may be placed in the receptacle is avoided, particularly when the live ends of 1ghe matches are located in the bottom of the tends beyond the bottom of the box 11, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, and such edge upon one side is sharpened, as at 12, for the purpose of forming a cutting edge. At the point 13 the cutting-cover 14 is hinged. This cover 14 is provided with the aperture 15 and the locking device 16. This locking device consists of a strip of metal, as illustrated in Fig. 3, secured to the end of the cover 14 by the rivet 17. Thelower end of this strip 16 is provided with an indentation 18, as shown in Fig. 4, to take into the aperture 19, and thus retain the cover 14 closed. One of the extended portions 10 of the box-body is provided with a curved slot 19 for the purpose The bottom edge 10 of the box-body exof receiving the projection 20 from the cover, and thereby forming a means for limiting the opening of the cover 14.

With the cover 14 in the position illus trated in Fig. 3 by inserting the cigartip into the position 15 and then closing said cover it will be seen that the cutting edge 12 will remove the end of the tip, and inasmuch as when the cover 14 is closed and locked, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, a receptacle will be formed for holding the cigar-tip cuttings.

Any ornamental design may be impressed upon the face-plates 6 or end strips 7, as desired.

It will thus be seen that we have provided novel means for securing the ornamental face plates and end strips to the box-body, so as to provide a free and clear receptacle for matches, and also that we have provided the match-box with a novel cigar-tip cutter and receptacle. We may, however, construct the end strips and face-plates of a single piece or strip of metal to form the metallic jacket, as illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. In this case it will be noted that there is but a single line of connection between the face-plate portion and the end-strip portion, as illustrated in Fig. 11. In other words, the whole strip is lapped around the body of the box, with the extensions or nibs 8 inserted through the apertures 9 and bent over, as illustrated in Fig. 11. In case we use this modified form the point of union between the edges of this strip may be upon the edge of the box, the corresponding apertures 3 being formed in the edge of the box instead of on the margin of the said box, as illustrated.

We sometimes make the ornamental parts of the sides of the box separate from the faceplates 6, in which case panels may be cut out of the face-plate, as illustrated in Fig. 10, and the ornamental designs are affixed to separate pieces and the same inserted within or beneath such cut-out panels. In such case we find that sometimes the cutting away of the panels from the face-plates leaves the remaining portion of the faceplate rather weak, and we may under such conditions provide the upper and lower edges of the face-plates with the extensions or nibs 8 to be inserted in corresponding apertures in the box-body and thereafter bent over and clenched within the box-body or bent into the beads or ribs 2, so as to leave the interior of the box free from internal projections. For economy in construction and facility in assembling, however, we prefer the form illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9.

We claim- 1. In a match-box or other receptacle, the combination with a box-body provided with series of apertures in its sides, a metallic jacket composed of edge strips and faceplates, said edge strips provided with marginal apertures, and said face-plates provided with marginal projections passing through the marginal apertures, and bent over upon the inner surface of said edge strips, said bent-over portions falling into the apertures in said box-body.

2. In a match-box or other receptacle, the combination of a box-body provided with marginal apertures upon its faces, a metallic jacket composed of edge strips and faceplates, said edge strips provided with marginal apertures, which register with the boxbody apertures, and said face-plates provided with marginal nibs or projections, said nibs or projections being secured in the edgestrip apertures and lying in the box-body apertures, said edge strips and face-plates being secured together without directly securing the same to the box-body.

3. In a match-box or other receptacle, the combination with a box-body provided with ribs or beads spaced apart and having a se ries of apertures therein, of a metallic jacket having apertures in one end thereof and projecting nibs in the other end thereof, said jacket being lapped around said body between said beads and theends thereof connected together by means of said apertures and projecting nibs, the bent-over portions of 1 said nibs falling in the apertures in the boxbody.

4. In a match-box or other receptacle, the combination with the box-body provided with a series of apertures therein, a metallic jacket lapped around said box-body, said metallic jacket being provided upon its meeting ends or edges with a series of marginal apertures and a series of projecting nibs respectively, said nibs passing through the apertures of the jacket and lying in the apertures of the box-body.

5. In a match-box or other receptacle, the combination with the box-body of a pair of edge strips, and a pair of face-plates applied respectively to the edges and faces of said box-body, said edge strips being provided with marginal apertures, and said face-plates being provided with marginal projections or nibs, said projections or nibs passing through the marginal apertures of said edge strips and bent over on the inner surface of the edge strips to unite said edge strips and faceplates together, and secure the same to the boxbody.

This specification signed and witnessed this 11th day of November, 1905.

CHRISTIAN HIERING. ALBERT FULLER. Witnesses:

LOUIS M. SANDERS, FREDK. O. FIsoHER.

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